Notable Releases to Come 2009 Edition

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

 

[Tranquillian]

Promising trailer!

 

[Krilons Resa]

The new Dredg album is supposed to be great.

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

ehn... it is good, I will say that much at least. I heard a few of the new songs live recently and wasn't to impressed unfortunately. Then again, some people I know have said they love the new material- so to each his own I suppose.

 

[Laethettan]

7 minute sample of the new Drudkh song "Everything Unsaid Before": http://www.zshare.net/audio/59795007a1683463/

Got mixed feelings on this, album it's most similar to would be Blood In Our Wells imo.

 

[Plastic Nathrakh]

STOP I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT YOU'RE YOU'RE DOING

 

[cthulufhtagn]

7 minute sample of the new Drudkh song "Everything Unsaid Before": http://www.zshare.net/audio/59795007a1683463/

Got mixed feelings on this, album it's most similar to would be Blood In Our Wells imo.

i would agree, and BioW being my favorite, i gotta say...this sounds pretty fuckin epic

 

[EricT]

Only Drudkh could get away with releasing a seven minute sample

 

[Reign in Acai]

The final track... it starts off fine (soft sorta intro), then it kinda goes into a standard graveland affair... then there's this stop, a chorus sounds and this stupid sound of growling wolves (probably a pissed off poodle ) comes on, then the track starts up again, about 30 seconds into that the "wolf" starts doing the vocals! Really fucking stupid final track.

Return to the Northern Carpathian


The wolf/poodle/girls getting too close to the water jets sample is really bad.

 

[Vittra]

Drudkh box pre-order

http://e-shop.season-of-mist.com/infoArticle.php?id_article=20543

 

[Thanatopsis123]

The new Dredg album is supposed to be great.

Have you heard it yet?

And that Drudkh track sounded pretty good. Maybe I'll get a metal album this year afterall.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

...then the track starts up again, about 30 seconds into that the "wolf" starts doing the vocals! Really fucking stupid final track.

pfft, it's been done

caninus

 

[Krilons Resa]

Has anyone heard this yet?

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Ken, are you still digging the new Obscura?

 

[Krilons Resa]

I haven't listened to it in a while but yeah.

 

[Dev]

Has anyone heard this yet?

Linking the myspace track very much (Three Moons not Means to an end)

I haven't listened to a single album from 2009, maybe a few but I feel like there will be a moment this year when I'll need to get back on track and browse through this thread again.

 

[Vittra]

Absolute must-hears of 2009 (A more serious take, unlike my selective, silly recent recommendations). Expect unique and refreshing experiences below.

Fans of Wolves in the Throne Room, Nachmystium, Mogwai, and old Isis take note. This has absolutely crushed everything in 2009 for me so far, which is impressive considering how much has come out so far, and what is yet to come. This has easily been one of the best years in metal for awhile, and those taking a step back from Metal may want to return at some point this year. Anyways...

Take Wolves in the Throne Room and add Irish blood... remove some of the hypnotic element prevalent in the music, and replace said element with the melancholy of shoegaze as well as the haunting, crushing atmosphere of doom, and what you have the brilliance that is Altar of Plagues.

White Tomb - Full Length download
http://www.myspace.com/altarofplagues (Only samples of full songs, I urge downloading the full-length above)

Dubbed the "War Metal" genre under it's father's banner, Black Metal, the debut by the band Cobalt was aptly named. In 2007 they released another album, Eater of Birds, which has received incredibly high praise, and they aimed (and succeeeded) in carrying this reputation into 2009 with Gin.

Gin - Full Length download
http://www.myspace.com/stinktown666

 

[Vittra]

Going to copy/paste the above into it's own thread so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle here, it's certainly deserving.

 

[Valkyria_Cneajna_Rusalka]

Just heard the leaked new EToS, an awesome comeback; Before the Bleeding Sun was a major disappointment

 

[Vittra]

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